If you want to point a domain address that you have to a different domain name or subdomain, one of the ways to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's forwarded to. By doing this, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be directed to the Internet site which you have created, but it'll also be displayed in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all of the traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because such a record created for the main domain address makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting
You can effortlessly set up CNAME records if you have a cloud website hosting plan through our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel that enables you to view all DNS records for the domains and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves a few basic steps - select the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are pointing to, after that simply click on the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. In this way, you're going to have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create a private URL for company e-mails, and much more. If you feel unclear about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally only a click to get it done.